Thank you for video. Have question. Neighbor was putting up Christmas lights and climbing extension ladder with fly in. His reason is climbing down. He says greater chance of falling because at some point he has to reach in with foot to find the rung on the base as he leaves the fly section. I told him the proper way to climb was with the fly section out as in your video. But I couldn’t provide the reason why. Tried researching but couldn’t find much. What is the safety reason for the fly out when climbing so I can tell my neighbor?
If the ladder is fiberglass, then it has an aluminum bracket near the top of the base section that provides the necessary support for the fly section. The fly section must be on top for the bracket to do its job, otherwise excess force is put on the small flange of the side rail causing the fiberglass to split. This has happened to a number people, causing them to fall when the side rail fails due to the prying action between the two ladder sections. The failure most often happens just as the user steps onto the fly section of a fully extended ladder.
If you've ever seen these ladders tested you'll no longer worry fly in vs fly out. Technically fly out is proper, but it won't truly matter with one man on it.
thank you, mike, if you only knew how many fire fighters around the world you've helped
God bless Mike Ciampo
I was taught to carry a ladder in 1991 like Mike showed and I still do that to this day
Ciamp's a champ.
simple yet effective thank you
SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE THANK YOU
Thank you for video. Have question. Neighbor was putting up Christmas lights and climbing extension ladder with fly in. His reason is climbing down. He says greater chance of falling because at some point he has to reach in with foot to find the rung on the base as he leaves the fly section. I told him the proper way to climb was with the fly section out as in your video. But I couldn’t provide the reason why. Tried researching but couldn’t find much. What is the safety reason for the fly out when climbing so I can tell my neighbor?
If the ladder is fiberglass, then it has an aluminum bracket near the top of the base section that provides the necessary support for the fly section. The fly section must be on top for the bracket to do its job, otherwise excess force is put on the small flange of the side rail causing the fiberglass to split. This has happened to a number people, causing them to fall when the side rail fails due to the prying action between the two ladder sections. The failure most often happens just as the user steps onto the fly section of a fully extended ladder.
If you've ever seen these ladders tested you'll no longer worry fly in vs fly out. Technically fly out is proper, but it won't truly matter with one man on it.
Is this video taken in Bergen county fire academy up in mahwah
I take fire 1 classes up there Tuesday and Thursday nights